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other localities in california, including berkeley and san jose, prohibit public nudity. this would follow that approach. this legislation takes a very balanced approach recognizing that public nudity is okay in some contexts and not okay in others. the legislation would prohibit nudity on our streets, our sidewalks, our plazas, parks and public transportation. there would be a blanket exemption for street festivals, fairs and parades such as folsom street, [speaker not understood], et cetera. in addition, this would have no impact on our beaches which are under federal jurisdiction and no impact on private property. so, colleagues, i look forward to a dialogue in the coming months and the rest i submit. >> thank you, supervisor wiener. supervisor campos, you wanted to be re-referred. >> thank you. just very quickly wanted to add a couple of points. one, on the point that supervisor avalos raised, i want to thank him for raising that issue. it is definitely something that is impacting not only the whole city, but especially being felt in my district where there has been a
other localities in california, including berkeley and san jose, prohibit public nudity. this would follow that approach. this legislation takes a very balanced approach recognizing that public nudity is okay in some contexts and not okay in others. the legislation would prohibit nudity on our streets, our sidewalks, our plazas, parks and public transportation. there would be a blanket exemption for street festivals, fairs and parades such as folsom street, [speaker not understood], et cetera....
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item 11, prove project cuw37403, san antonio back up pipeline in the sunol area of alameda county, california, and authorize the general manager to implement the project. >> commissioners, any -- >> commissioners. any >> general manager. >> fine. >> any questions? we have the material in front of us. would you like a presentation? or do i have a motion? >> i will move it. >> it's moved. >> second. >> and seconded. >> any discussion? >> if i may take one second if i may to thank scott mcpherson, the project manager on this. he slugged through this many times and did a great job. vivian chow, the project manager as well is also here. congratulations to both. >> here we have a motion and second. >> any public discussion? seeing none, all in favor. >> aye. >> the item carries. >> item 12, prove the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager to execute a purchase and sales agreement with serving evans street for approximately 4.68 acres for 15 million subject to approval by the board of supervisors and mayer. >> yes, ms. russell. >> good afternoon, welcome general manager and commissio
item 11, prove project cuw37403, san antonio back up pipeline in the sunol area of alameda county, california, and authorize the general manager to implement the project. >> commissioners, any -- >> commissioners. any >> general manager. >> fine. >> any questions? we have the material in front of us. would you like a presentation? or do i have a motion? >> i will move it. >> it's moved. >> second. >> and seconded. >> any discussion?...
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governments in order to put americans to work building a 21st century infrastructure and providing california with more transportation choices. and the san francisco downtown ferry project is something that is spearheaded by the san francisco bay water emergency transportation authority. and they have been doing a great job and their project will improve the land side facilities and allow up to 6 new ferry bursts and as many as 10,000 per day, and so they have been working a draft, eir, eif which we hope to see in the beginning of the calendar year and they have been working with the port and partner and bc bc and so that is one of really great things that we see moving forward now in a expedited fashion. >> that leads me for introduce you the partner that wants to give you a sneak peek that the equity office has been working on with the port and many others that share jurisdiction. >> my sneak peek is a sneak speak because our it translating this live to the lap top did not work, unfortunately. but i am going to talk us through this, it is a brief introduction and we will have a formal prese
governments in order to put americans to work building a 21st century infrastructure and providing california with more transportation choices. and the san francisco downtown ferry project is something that is spearheaded by the san francisco bay water emergency transportation authority. and they have been doing a great job and their project will improve the land side facilities and allow up to 6 new ferry bursts and as many as 10,000 per day, and so they have been working a draft, eir, eif...
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authorizing department of environment to retroactively accept and expend grant in amount of 156,000 from california public utilities commission through pacific gas & electric to reduce and demand reduction of energy in san francisco during 2012. >> thank you. we have guilmo rodriguez from department of environment. >> thank you. guilmo rodriguez from the department. the department requests the committee's recommendation for approval of a & e item in amount of $156,000 to support the city's energy watch program. since 2010 when the city initiated the energy watch program the departments provided about 5.2 million in incentives for over 1,600 businesses and multifamily buildings in san francisco, resulting in a savings of about $6.8 million annually for energy needs. this $156,000 is an augmentation to our current program. the contract is through the end of this calendar year. it is to support our continued specifically our out days reach program in order to get more subscribers into our overall program. again, it is our outreach services. i will take the opportunity to share with the committee that
authorizing department of environment to retroactively accept and expend grant in amount of 156,000 from california public utilities commission through pacific gas & electric to reduce and demand reduction of energy in san francisco during 2012. >> thank you. we have guilmo rodriguez from department of environment. >> thank you. guilmo rodriguez from the department. the department requests the committee's recommendation for approval of a & e item in amount of $156,000 to...
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clerk: resolution authorizing lease of 255,420 rentable square feet at bayshore boulevard, daly city, california from prolog *f sl.p. for a 20-year term plus two five-year extensions at rent of $2,449,642 with annual increases for san francisco municipal transportation agency's towed car operations and other services. >> for this we have ed with the mta and sinaly. >> good afternoon, ed riskos, transportation director. i want to thank you for shuffling the agenda to accommodate this item, which is of great importance to the agency, which is why i wanted to be here so you could hear from my firsthand about it. what is before you is a resolution that would approve a leaswe have been seeing quite sometime that would solve a number of challenges we are currently facing. therefore it is very important to the agency. we have a wide array of assets in the mta across the city that we use to operator all the modes of transit that we operator, or transportation that we're responsible for, the lion's share which of course is muni. because of the diversity and age and condition of the assets, the real estat
clerk: resolution authorizing lease of 255,420 rentable square feet at bayshore boulevard, daly city, california from prolog *f sl.p. for a 20-year term plus two five-year extensions at rent of $2,449,642 with annual increases for san francisco municipal transportation agency's towed car operations and other services. >> for this we have ed with the mta and sinaly. >> good afternoon, ed riskos, transportation director. i want to thank you for shuffling the agenda to accommodate this...
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initially, i looked at the california public utility commission rules and things like that too, although i understand san francisco and the water department has its own way of operating and the ability and authority to do so, their policy was to not allow -- that if it's going to be, if a property owner is going to be liened to have the property owner notifyd and put in a public, have it notified in a public circulation and thanks like that. you can't put it on the property tax rule. they do that because they understand the department's need, certain powers, there has to be balance and equity among certain groups. i guess the water department is able to put this on the property tax role too. without getting into details because i know my time is limited. there's a lot of things i'm uncovering. this just seemed quite unfair. it tilts the balance of fairness away from the property owners who are semi-innocent in this situation. >> your point is clear and we will take a look at that and get a report back. >> should i have -- i have the stuff you sent. would there be any help in me submittin
initially, i looked at the california public utility commission rules and things like that too, although i understand san francisco and the water department has its own way of operating and the ability and authority to do so, their policy was to not allow -- that if it's going to be, if a property owner is going to be liened to have the property owner notifyd and put in a public, have it notified in a public circulation and thanks like that. you can't put it on the property tax rule. they do...
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a standard agreement approve bid the california public utilities commission. actually non-negotiable. so we are asking for your support to be able to have the general manager implement this with pg&e. >> thank you. a quick question for this project. not so much the item before us, but how was it paid for? >> that is paid for out of the power enterprise, department of the p.u.c. we have a capital funding program for renewable and energy efficiency projects. there is an amount set aside for those. it is actually part of the hetch hetchy revenue, it is paid for out of those funds. >> so this is p.u.c. funding, basically the ratepayer dollars going to pay for the solar project. >> yes, sir. >> is it available for all schools or was this a one-off exception? >> no. we actually entered into a master license agreement with the school district. so there is a program that is available for other schools. this is a ten-year license agreement with the school district, so there is a ten-year window where we can scout out other schools that might be available to do this. un
a standard agreement approve bid the california public utilities commission. actually non-negotiable. so we are asking for your support to be able to have the general manager implement this with pg&e. >> thank you. a quick question for this project. not so much the item before us, but how was it paid for? >> that is paid for out of the power enterprise, department of the p.u.c. we have a capital funding program for renewable and energy efficiency projects. there is an amount set...
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. >> hi, as you can tell, i'm not jim, my name is rosa, i'm hear on behalf of health access, california, advocating for affordable health care for all californians, we commend supervisor cohen and supervisor chu's efforts to develop an alternative compromise legislation that was signed last year, and the mayor, however the fact that employers could reclaim health care dollars after two years did not end the incentive in our opinion of course to continue to place unreasonable expectations on these accounts, it's also our opinion that the legislation last year that didn't go into effect would have effectively closed the loophole. the office of fair labor standards report demonstrates that a large number of employers continue to place significant restrictions on hra's such as restrictions for dependent coverage, dental and vision care, we believe employers will continue to place these and other prescribers unless -- restrictions unless there are other restrictions, it's not that these funds come from nowhere, these fund should be there for these workers when they need it as previously stat
. >> hi, as you can tell, i'm not jim, my name is rosa, i'm hear on behalf of health access, california, advocating for affordable health care for all californians, we commend supervisor cohen and supervisor chu's efforts to develop an alternative compromise legislation that was signed last year, and the mayor, however the fact that employers could reclaim health care dollars after two years did not end the incentive in our opinion of course to continue to place unreasonable expectations...
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i support action being staked by lloc, by the district attorney's office, by any consumer fraud in california. >> thank you very much, colleagues, any additional comments? with that, we will start with the civil grand jury to present its report. i'm not sure who's going be speaking for the civil grand jury. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you for holing this hearing on the 2011-2012 grand jury report health care security in san francisco, i am the person protemp of the [inaudible]. >> if you could speak up a little bit so that folks watching on tv can hear. >> sure. i will try my best. before i turn the podium over to my colleagues who will be presenting the report, i wanted to acknowledge the presence of members of my jury, also present here today are members of past grand juries as well as some members of the current sitting grand jury and going to president chu's opening remarks, something that may be reviewed in a continuity report, i wanted to recognize absence of certain members of the 2011-2012 grand jury, they could not be here, that includes our foreperson, as well a
i support action being staked by lloc, by the district attorney's office, by any consumer fraud in california. >> thank you very much, colleagues, any additional comments? with that, we will start with the civil grand jury to present its report. i'm not sure who's going be speaking for the civil grand jury. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, thank you for holing this hearing on the 2011-2012 grand jury report health care security in san francisco, i am the person protemp of...
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california. >> we received advance information and had a chance to look at all of that. does the commission have any questions? or comments? seeing none. could i have a >> move it. >> second. >> moved and seconded. is there any public comment? all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. >> the item carries. >> thank you very much. i just like to take two seconds again to thank craig freeman, who was the environmental project manager. this started eight years ago and brought it to a nice conclusion. also brian desore, who is the project manager. thank you very much. thank you. >> thank you both. is there any other new business by the commission? seeing none. this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> good morning and welcome to the september 25th, 2012 meeting of the san francisco county transportation authority. my name is david campos and i am the chair of the authority. the clerk of the authority is erika cheng. i want to thank the following members of sfgtv staff who are covering this meeting. mike freeman and jesse larson. madam clerk, if you can please call item number 1, roll
california. >> we received advance information and had a chance to look at all of that. does the commission have any questions? or comments? seeing none. could i have a >> move it. >> second. >> moved and seconded. is there any public comment? all in favor. >> aye. >> opposed. >> the item carries. >> thank you very much. i just like to take two seconds again to thank craig freeman, who was the environmental project manager. this started eight...
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measures, the so-called governor's revenue measure 30 and the mollie monger prop 38 supported by the california pta and san francisco based president carol of the pta. these two ballots will do wonders to help prevent cuts and restore todayctionving we lost and make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share for the state and our schools. also i'm working with the city attorney and the commission on the status to drop the new workplace domestic violence policy to help our city workers connect to better resources and the rest i'll submit. thank you. >> thank you, smart mar. president chiu. >> thank you. colleagues, i have a number of in memoriams today. first and foremost, i have a memoriam for [speaker not understood] who was a family man, came to san francisco from jordan and started a small corner store on polk street. he's someone that our neighborhood and our residents
measures, the so-called governor's revenue measure 30 and the mollie monger prop 38 supported by the california pta and san francisco based president carol of the pta. these two ballots will do wonders to help prevent cuts and restore todayctionving we lost and make sure the wealthiest pay their fair share for the state and our schools. also i'm working with the city attorney and the commission on the status to drop the new workplace domestic violence policy to help our city workers connect to...
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the applicant has filed an application with the california department of alcoholic beverage control, abc, seeking a person-to-person premises-to-premises type 48 on-sale general for public premises bar license. for 222 powell street on the east side of powell street between geary and ofarrel. this is currently licensed as a type 21 off-sale general and type 42 on-sale beer and wine. the applicant has agreed to surrender 21 and 42 upon issuance of type 48 license by the abc. for the purposes of this hearing, the abc seeks a determination from the board of supervisors as to approval or denial of this license. no records of police calls for services from july 2011 to june 2012. no record of police reports from july 2011 to june 2012. this premises is located on plot 174. the high crime area is defined as 215 or more reported incidents in a plot. this plot has 1,232 reported incidents reported for 2010. this is over the high crime area defined definition by 1,017. the applicant premises is located in the high-crime area. this premises is located in census track 117. on-sale license autho
the applicant has filed an application with the california department of alcoholic beverage control, abc, seeking a person-to-person premises-to-premises type 48 on-sale general for public premises bar license. for 222 powell street on the east side of powell street between geary and ofarrel. this is currently licensed as a type 21 off-sale general and type 42 on-sale beer and wine. the applicant has agreed to surrender 21 and 42 upon issuance of type 48 license by the abc. for the purposes of...
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the responsibility of collecting and maintaining the sales and use tax program within the state of california along with a whole host of other types of taxes including environmental fees, timber tax, property tax, cigarette, alcohol, i believe there's over 20 taxes that are involved. in response, i believe finding number 3 was what we were asked to respond to and on september 10 or a letter dated september 10 was provided to the grand jury. i don't know if that is -- if you've gotten that or what. i mean, so what i will do is summarize that letter and explain what actions the board of equalization has done in regards specifically to the surcharge. sales tax applies to the sale of tangible personal property and the amount upon which that tax applies is the gross receipts under 6012 which is our reference, the gross receipts are anything that are charged so if you go into a liquor store and you buy some beer and it's 5 dollars, we want sales tax on five dollars, gross receipt ares also going be defined as any surcharges that are added and on a number of occasions, we do come across surcharges,
the responsibility of collecting and maintaining the sales and use tax program within the state of california along with a whole host of other types of taxes including environmental fees, timber tax, property tax, cigarette, alcohol, i believe there's over 20 taxes that are involved. in response, i believe finding number 3 was what we were asked to respond to and on september 10 or a letter dated september 10 was provided to the grand jury. i don't know if that is -- if you've gotten that or...
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carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org.
carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375. visit our website, www.sfelections.org.